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Shifted Energy Wins the Urban Future Prize Competition
October 22, 2021

Fellows mentioned in this story: Forest Frizzell, Cohort I

From NYU Tandon School of Engineering News:

The Urban Future Prize Competition showcases the world’s most revolutionary cleantech innovations, and this week, the New York University Tandon School of Engineering announced the winners at the 2021 Urban Future Summit, held online by the Urban Future Lab – New York City’s longest-running cleantech incubator program, which is supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

Participants in the Urban Future Prize Competition were challenged to address climate change by developing productive and equitable solutions for smart cities; utility solutions for a digital, decentralized, and decarbonized grid; renewable energy sources; green transportation methods; ways to boost the energy efficiency of buildings; waste management solutions leading to a circular economy; and other such innovations. For the first time ever, local organizations focused on climate justice submitted proposals for an additional prize that showcased transformative impacts.

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The winner of the Future Environments Prize, sponsored by The New York Community Trust and Carrier was Shifted Energy. Shifted Energy develops and deploys industry-leading distributed energy resource aggregation software and IoT-connected load controls to help utilities create and rapidly scale demand-side management programs.

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